OCT 2014
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Teepee Talk
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
District “Key Three”
Dist Chairman
Calendar of Upcoming Events ................................2
Dee Nelson
[email protected]
Dist Commissioner Dan Bradford
[email protected]
Dist Execuve
Jerry Mosley
[email protected]
Time Limits for Compleng Merit Badges? .............4
Lawrence Knight
R Use a Bow Drill: Make Fire and Earn Awards ..... 5
[email protected]
Boy Scouts
Varsity Scouts
Venture Scouts
Successful District Basic Training .............................3
“Save the Date” Info for 2015 Klondike Derby ........4
Roundtable Commissioners
Cub Scouts
“Passing the Reins” from one SPL to Another .........3
Evere( Taylor
evere([email protected]
ScoutCast Sheds Further Light on Venturing ...........5
Scouter’s Minute: A Scout is Clean ..........................7
Monthly Campout: Crystal Hot Springs ...................8
Lance Goodman
[email protected]
October Scout Game: Jump the Shot ......................10
Acon Shots from the Fall Camporee......................11
Mark Hunsaker
[email protected]
R District Rare MB List .......................................... 12
Other District Staff
R MB Classes in Davis County ............................... 15
Klondikes/
Camporees
Brent Kenney
[email protected]
October Safety Spotlight: Be Disaster Aware ..........16
Training
Jon Cook
joncook55@a(.com
Indian Springs Roundtable Flyer..............................19
Monthly Ice Breaker: Game Terminology ................18
“Save The Date” Flyer for 2015 Klondike Derby ......20
Webmaster
Daniel Perez-Nieblas
[email protected]
Bow Drill Details and Council “Embers” Awards ......21
Other Flyers and Handouts .....................................25
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R = presented at Roundtable
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Indian Springs District & Great Salt Lake Council Calendar of Events
17-18 Oct
Varsity Vision Training
24-25 Oct
Leave No Trace Trainer Course
@ Bear Lake Aquacs Base,
25 Oct - 01 Nov
2014 Haunted Woods
04 Nov
Silver Beaver Nominaons are Due
06 Nov
Indian Springs District Roundtable
@ Woods Cross North Stake Center
08 Nov
2014 Varsity Turkey Shoot @ Lee Kay Center
15 Nov
Utah State Scout Day 2014
@ Romney Stadium in Logan, see h(p://bit.ly/1uW2dKg
21 Nov
2014 Holiday Aucon @ South Towne Expo Center
see h(p://bit.ly/1qOl99Y
04 Dec
Indian Springs District Roundtable
@ Woods Cross North Stake Center
— 2015 —
10 Jan
University of Scoung 2015
30 Jan
Indian Springs District Awards Banquet, 6:30pm
6-7 Feb
2015 Varsity Biathlon @ Fort Buenaventura in Ogden, UT
28 Feb
2015 College of Commissioner Science
21 Mar
2015 Scoung for Food
02 May
Utah Scoung Expo @ South Towne Scoung Expo
Details may be found in aached flyers or visit the council website at hp://www.gslc-bsa.org
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“Passing the Reins”
from One SPL to Another...
an e-mail to parents expressing gratude for the leadership their son provides. Give him special recognion
in your next court of honor.
As boys grow older, the leadership structure in patrols
and troops must change to keep up. Following are a
few ideas that may help Scoutmasters and their Assistants to create a successful transion from one SPL to
the next:
6. Let him lead.
1. Publically thank the outgoing SPL.
A very big THANK YOU to all our trainers who took the
me to prepare and then help out with our last Leader
Specific Training (Basic Training).
An old adage states that cricism should be given in
private but praise in public. Not only do public thanks
show the troop your esteem for the role of SPL, it also
allows leaders to take some me to talk about impressive accomplishments or helpful service that the youth
has rendered.
2. Help the new SPL
understand his role.
The Senior Patrol Leader Handbook (pictured
at right) is a handy reference for all sorts of
SPL quesons — everything from seMng a
good example to running troop meengs to
delegang responsibilies to others.
3. Help the SPL to use the EDGE Method.
If a SPL is taught the purpose and procedures of the
EDGE Method (Explaining, Demonstrang, Guiding, and
Enabling), he will have a handy blueprint for all sorts of
acvies from a pre-opening game to skills instrucon,
uniform inspecons, planning acvies, service projects, and much more.
4. Support the SPL as he holds the PLC mee3ng.
The Senior Patrol Leader holds a patrol leader’s council
every month. He can hold the meeng more oNen as
well, for example to evaluate the success of a troop
night acvity. Much of the detailed planning of the
troop happens at this meeng.
Follow up your training with the forbearance and support that allows SPLs to “spread their wings” and fly!
Successful District Basic Training
SCOUT FAMILY
Cubmasters
Cub Commi(ees
Den Leaders
Webelos Leaders
Scoutmasters
Varsity Coaches
Venturing Advisors
Unit Commissioners
Scout Commi(ees
Chartered Org Reps
Intro to Outdoor Skills
TRAINER
Dwayne Thomas
Lawrence Knight
Kae McBride
Camille Thomas
Brent Kenney
Gary Sharp
Lance Goodman
Mike Enfield
Todd Manwaring
Steve Normann
Charlee Normann
Malayna Stromness
Lee Workman
Jim Peterson
Brent Nelson
Nick Smith
As a result 62 newly recruited individuals were able to
be(er understand their new role in scoung and how
they can best use the programs to help the boys learn
and develop. As a reminder, there is ALWAYS something new to learn in Scouts and connuous learning
opens the door for connuous improvement and progression!
Please take advantage of roundtables to learn about all
the great learning opportunies coming up.
Jon Cook, District Training Chair
JonCook55@a(.net
5. Encourage him to be a good example.
Take me to compliment the SPL when you see him
behaving in a parcularly impressive way. Maybe send
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“Save the Date” Announcement
for 2015 Indian Springs Klondike
Are There Time Limits for
Comple3ng Merit Badges?
The commi(ee responsible for the 2015 Indian Springs
Klondike Derby has announced that a venue and a date
have been selected. The event will be held at Soldier
Hollow on 06-07 February, right next door to this year’s
Ice Castles installaon (see awesome example cave and
tentave event patch, below)
From the popular “Brian on Scou+ng” blog, available on the
Internet at blog.scou+ngmagazine.com.
See the “SAVE THE DATE” Flyer a(ached to this month’s
Teepee Talk. More details about venue, special acvies
planned for the event, and opportunies for youth
staffing and leadership will be available at our November Roundtable meeng.
Some merit badges can be completed in a weekend; others
take a li(le longer.
But what happens when a Boy Scout — for whatever reason — stretches the me between starng and finishing a
merit badge to 12 months, 18 months, 3 years or longer?
In other words: Is there a me limit for compleng a merit
badge? That’s what a Scouter named Jim wondered.
The Ques3on
Jim writes: “Once a boy begins a merit badge, is
there a certain me period in which he needs to
have it finished, other than by his 18th birthday?
In our council we have always been told that
they have 18 months to earn them, and then if
they are not completely finished in that me
that they have to start all over again.
The Answer
The short answer: There is no me limit between
starng and compleng a badge except for the
Boy Scout’s 18th birthday.
Mike Lo Vecchio of the BSA’s Content Management Team offers more explanaon:
“There are a couple of areas in the Guide to Advancement that speak to this.
The text box under topic 7.0.0.1 states: “All merit badge requirements must be met while a registered Boy Scout or Varsity Scout, or a qualified
Venturer or Sea Scout.” Although not explicitly
stated, it is implied there are no me limits with
the excepon of the 18th birthday.
Under topic 7.0.0.3, it states: “… any registered
Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified Venturer or
Sea Scout may work on any of them at any
me.” Again, although not explicitly stated, it is
implied there are no me limits with the excepon of the 18th birthday.
Under topic 7.0.3.3 (Paral Compleons), it
states in part “Parals have no expiraon except
Nearby ice castles represent a cool op+onal ac+vity for troops.
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the Scout’s 18th birthday.”
And finally, under topic 7.0.4.3 (What to do When Requirements Change), last paragraph, it states: “There is
no me limit between starng and compleng a badge,
although a counselor may determine so much me has
passed since any effort took place that the new requirements must be used.”
That final paragraph (7.0.4.3) only applies to merit badges with new requirements. So only in the case where a
merit badge’s requirements change and “so much me
has passed since any effort took place” may a merit
badge counselor ask a Scout to start again with the new
requirements.
Otherwise, the overall rules of no me limit apply.
Use a Bow Drill — Make Fire and
Earn Special Council Recogni3on
Many thanks to the Miller brothers who provided a
wonderful skill instrucon session at the October
Roundtable meeng. A(endees were pleasantly surprised to see a full-fledged outdoor classroom created in
the parking lot to show leaders how to start a fire with
the most inmidang of primive fire-starng methods,
the bow drill.
In addion to a great presentaon, our impressive instructors made us aware of two special council awards
that can be earned by exercising these primive skills in
the wild. See more details in the a(ached sheets later in
this month’s Teepee Talk (see thumbnails, below).
New ScoutCast Sheds Further Light
on Venturing
From the popular Bryan
blog.scou+ngmagazine.com.
on
Scou+ng
blog
at
PAULA: I hear the music so it must be me for the October
ScoutCast. We’re so glad you’ve clicked the download
bu(on to join us.
LEE: This month is all about Venturing and the updates
being made to the program.
PAULA: Why make changes to Venturing? We’re about to
find out. We’re here to share everything we need to know
about the Venturing program updates is Aaron Parks
Young who just completed his term as one of the Naonal
Venturing Vice Presidents. Aaron began scoung as a Webelo Scout and went on to earn the rank of Eagle with
Troop 595 out of Garland, Texas.
He then joined Venturing where he earned the Ranger and
Silver Awards. Aaron has served as a Council Venturing
Officers’ Associaon President, Area Venturing President,
and is currently acve in scoung in both a crew and a
ship. Welcome to ScoutCast, Aaron.
AARON: Thank you. I’m glad to be here.
PAULA: Why are changes being made to the Venturing
program?
AARON: I like to refer to them as updates because we’re
not making changes just for change’s sake. Venturing hasn’t been updated significantly since its incepon in 1998 so
the program needed some fine-tuning and some review.
All of the changes that we have really aim to be(er serve
the young adults that we have in the program.
LEE: Was there anything that specifically
prompted the updates Aaron?
AARON: There was a reacon to a membership decline in 2008 in the Venturing
program and so that’s sort of what kicked
everything off.
PAULA: So, who was responsible for developing the changes?
AARON: The taskforce chair was Charles
Dalquist, out of the Great Salt Lake Council. He was the past Chair of the Naonal
Venturing Commi(ee, but we had current
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and former region advisors and associate advisors helping out. We had Council Venturing Chairs, Crew Advisors;
the Naonal Venturing Cabinet that is had some say in it
as well.
LEE: Aaron, going through this process, what were the
most significant changes that were made?
AARON: We have some new printed materials coming
out for the Venturing Program. Venturing has its own
mo(o, “Lead the Adventure,” which borrows from the
BSA’s vision statement and it also borrows a li(le bit
from American history and culture; thinking about pioneers like Lewis & Clark and Neil Armstrong, and Venturers will also begin using the Scout Oath, Law, sign, and
salute in their program.
One of the biggest things that people are asking about is
the new recognion structure coming to Venturing. We
have the Bronze, Gold, and Silver Award that are transioning to the Venturing Discovery, Pathfinder, and Summit Awards. Something I really like about these new
awards is that they’re incremental and they build. It
shiNs from a focus on parcipang, to a focus on leading, and then a focus on mentoring other crew members; as you go on, they build on one another.
The new Summit Award has a service project near the
end, very similar to the project required for Eagle and it
has a similar review process as well. There was a lot of
effort put into the naming of these awards so that job
interviewers and college admissions counselors, and
even places like the military would be interested in the
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award and respect it in the same way that they respect
the Eagle Scout Award. A big focus was put on making
the process as you go through the awards relevant to the
young adults that we have in our program. Also if you’re
interested in reading more details on the awards, you
can go to www.scoung.org/programupdates.
PAULA: All those updates sound really excing. So
what’s staying the same with the Venturing Program?
AARON: I like to think that Venturing is really the same
program that it was two or three years ago. You might
see some new books and new patches, hopefully some
new faces, but at its heart the same program. You can
sll earn awards like Ranger, or Quest, Trust, Sam Hornaday, you name it, it’s really the same program that it
was.
LEE: The big queson is when will the changes take
effect?
AARON: You can already begin progress on the new
awards if you’re interested in them. It’s really encouraged for units to start geMng their Venturers used to the
idea of using the Scout Oath, Law, sign, and salute. So
the sooner crews get on that the be(er.
PAULA: Earlier, you menoned a URL where people can
find out more informaon. Could you expand a li(le on
what’s available there as well as what other resources
might be available for say Venturing advisors and crew
members who want to know more about the upcoming
changes?
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AARON: Sure. We’ve got a lot of requirements and frequently asked quesons documents there about program updates, not just for Venturing, but for other programs as well. Coming out soon, if it’s not already out is
the Venturing Handbook, which is the handbook for
youth for the Venturing Program. We also have a Venturing Advisor’s Handbook, which replaces the Venturing
Leadership Manual. We have Venturing Awards and Requirements Book coming out that has the core requirements for the award system: Venturing and Discovery,
Pathfinder, and Summit. It also will have some specialty
requirements for awards like Ranger and Quest and so
on. We will have posion-specific training; one for advisors and one for commi(ee members that adults can
look at www.scoung.org/training and we will have
youth trainings for Time Management and Project Management, Goal SeMng, and Mentoring…
LEE: Wow, you’ve certainly have given us a lot of informaon; is there anything else about Venturing Updates
that you think should be shared with our listeners?
AARON: All of the updates really, really focus on making the program simple and relevant, not that it wasn’t
already, but more so to the young men and women that
we have in the program. We have that new mo(o, “Lead
the Adventure,” and so we really want to prepare our
Venturers to lead adventures of their own. That’s where
some of the inspiraon for the requirements came from
for the new awards and how they’re built. We also, put a
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lot of effort into the naming. I remember the naming of
the awards went through a few different iteraons so we
could get it just right so that college recruiters and job
recruiters would really be interested in them.
Scouter’s Minute: A Scout is Clean
(You will need one clean, opaque cup filled with very dirty
water and one opaque cup, dirty on the outside and filled
with clean water. The soiling of the outside of the dirty
cup and the murkiness of the water in the clean cup must
be exaggerated.)
(Hold up both cups so that the Scouts can see the outsides clearly but not what is inside.) Which of these cups
of water do you think I should drink from? You probably
think that I should drink from the clean cup.
But, you see, the cup that appears clean really contains
very dirty water. (Walk around the room and show the
dirty water to the Scouts.) It’s the other cup, the one that
looks dirty on the outside, that is really clean. (Show the
clean water.)
It doesn’t really ma(er if Scouts play hard and get dirty
doing the many fun acvies we do in our troop.
We can always take a shower and get clean again. But, it
is a li(le harder to keep our insides clean. When the
Scout Law says “A Scout is clean,” it is also referring to
our inside selves. A Scout has clean language, clean manners, and clean thinking.
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